For those that don't know, I delivered the babies on January 23rd. I woke up at about 1am with really intense contractions and tried taking a bath to see I could get them to calm a bit. The bath truly did nothing to help with the pain, so about 30 minutes later I woke Casey to call his mom so we could head to the hospital. At first he couldn't get a hold of them and I just about drove myself haha (I was HURTING!!!) She finally called us back and we got to the hospital just before 3:00am. I was already 5cm and contractions were about 2 minutes apart. I really had an amazing group of nurses and doctors helping me. They got the anesthesiologist to come in and give me my epidural. Since the contractions were so close together, he gave me a fast acting one and it was amazing!! I could still move my feet (that was the one thing I HATED when I delivered Amden) and it wore off very quickly after I delivered. Just before 5:00am I had already reached 10cm and was ready to push. At 5:06am and 2 contractions later and Audrina was here! She did have meconium in her water so the NICU staff was there to ensure she was alright and she scored an 8/9 on her APGAR test. She was a whopping 7 pounds and 20.2 inches long. Not bad for being almost 3 weeks early. Adrian was born about 15 minutes later weighing under 3 pounds. Unfortunately due to the time that had passed the nurse kindly suggested that I choose not to see him. Although I know this was the right decision, I think it is by far one of the hardest things I will have to get through. By choosing to carry him to term I had really hoped for the opportunity to hold him and love him but unfortunately that just wasn't going to be the case.
There was some confusion during everything and the NILMDTS photographers were not called to come in and take pictures of his hands and feet but the hospital attempted to take some and sent them to her so that she can edit them for me. I am really hoping she can make them beautiful for me, since the one photo we got from them was sort of blurry and not the best. I eventually plan to get a tattoo of his feet in remembrance, if we get one that will work. The hospital did get some awesome molds of his hands and feet for me which is comforting. I look forward to being able to enjoy them in the future. Right now it's still too tough.
Audrina is a handful to say the least. She needs to be constantly held and will not sleep in her bassinet, crib or on the couch. I have quickly been reminded why I am not a fan of breastfeeding, but will continue to do it for now, lol. I am hoping we are just dealing with a growth spurt and soon will be through the constant feedings. I may resort to sleeping on the couch for a few days till we get through this phase. I know the last few nights have been rough on both me and KC and I need him rested so that he can tend to her when he gets home from work so I can have a break lol. She had her two week checkup on monday and was already up to 7.5 pounds. That is a TON of weight. She had dropped to 6.4pounds just a week prior so she is definitely getting plenty of food haha. She had also grown almost half an inch since birth. Right now she is in the 25% for her weight and 64% for her height. Maybe she will be tall and skinny like her dad.
I went and visited Adrian yesterday. I cleaned up the flowers from his memorial service and placed some new flowers, along with a balloon and a small crystal teddy bear for valentines day. I am also working with a local company on having his gravestone custom ordered in a star theme- hoping it won't cost THAT much but I know that is probably wishful thinking.
Well now that I have written you a novel of an update I will let you go. I will try and be better about posting pictures and updates from here on out!
